How to ..?

While using the software, each option is explained
in the help window.
The aim of this chapter is to perform the reverse operation : depending
on what you need to do, the matching menu option or dialog box is
given.

Notes : System menu is the Apple menu on
Macintosh, and "?" menu on Windows. Command (Ctrl) means Command key
on Macintosh and Ctrl key on PC.

How to get the program version ?
System Menu>About..
How to
get the sound base version ? System Menu>About..
How to read the manual ? System
Menu>Documentation..
How to search the manual ? System
Menu>Search the documentation..
How to update the program ? System
Menu>Internet>Automatic Internet update
How to receive again my personal
registration code ? Send us your complete postal address
How to ask a question to the authors?
System Menu>Internet>Send us an e-mail
How to contact others users? System
Menu>Internet>Go to the BBS
How to connect to the Myriad Web
site? System Menu>Internet>Go to our Web site
How to change language? System Menu>Language
How to order a personal registration
number? System Menu>Order
How to access all features? System
Menu>Order
How to
create a new file? File Menu>New
How to open an existing file? File
Menu>Open
How to open a MIDI file? File Menu>Import>MIDI
How to open a Karaoke file? File
Menu>Import>Karaoke
How to open a Mod file? File Menu>Import>Mod
How to open an ABC file? File Menu>Import>ABC
How to open a Tab file? File Menu>Import>Tab
How to open a WAV file? File Menu>Import>WAV
How to open an AIFF file? File Menu>Import>AIFF
How to open an MP3 file? File Menu>Import>MP3
How to open an file when I don't
know its format ? File Menu>Import>Auto detect
How to
export as a MIDI file? File Menu>Export>MIDI
How to export as a Karaoke file?
File Menu>Export>Karaoke
How to export as a WAV file? File
Menu>Export>WAV
How to export as an AIFF file? File
Menu>Export>AIFF
How to export as an MP3 file? File
Menu>Export>MP3
How to save a file? File Menu>Save
How to erase a file? File Menu>Erase
How to convert a MIDI file in MP3
? File Menu>Import>MIDI, File Menu>Export>MP3
How to export my file in a graphic
format? File Menu>Graphic export
How to export my file as an EPS
file ? File Menu>Graphic export>Save>Eps
How to export my file as a WMF file
? File Menu>Graphic export>Save>Wmf
How to
convert a printed score into a music file ? File Menu>Scan with OMeR
How to create a Jukebox ? File Menu>Jukebox
How to listen to the demos ? File
Menu>Jukebox>Load List>"Demos.box"
How to create a HTML page with my
files ? File Menu>Jukebox>Actions>Export in HTML
How to protect accesses to my file?
File Menu>Protect
How to sign my tune ? File Menu>Comment
How to know the time I spent on
my document ? File Menu>Comment
How to consult the state of my file?
File Menu>View document infos
How to print score ? File Menu>Print>Score
How to print guitar chords diagrams?
File Menu>Print>Chord diagrams
How to print keyboard shortcuts
? File Menu>Print>keyboard shortcuts
How to
undo last command ? Edit Menu>Undo
How to undo undo? Edit Menu>Redo
How to select all ? Edit Menu>Select
all
How to select all graphics? Edit
Menu>Select>Graphics
How to copy notes and not graphics
? Edit Menu>Apply only to notes
How to delete notes and not graphics
? Edit Menu>Apply only to notes
How to insert bars ? Edit Menu>Bars>Insert
How to delete bars ? Edit Menu>Bars>Delete
How to go to a given bar ? Edit
Menu>Bars>Go to
How to colorize notes ? Edit Menu>Appearance>Color
How to colorize all C notes in blue
and A notes in red ? Edit Menu>Appearance>Color
How to
colorize notes according to pitch ? Edit Menu>Appearance>Color
How to delete all grace notes ?
Edit Menu>Appearance>General
How to delete one grace notes ?
Erase tool, click on it
How to change the pitch of
one grace notes ? Select tool, click on it and drag
How to define graces with differents
duration ? Behind the name, enter a coma then the increment you want to
add to divider. For example "C4,2"
How to beam notes in the selection
range? Edit Menu>Appearance>Beam
How to beam notes in the selection
range according to beat ? Edit Menu>Appearance>Beam on beat
How to divide a Neume? Edit Menu>Appearance>Gregorian
:Split Neume
How to merge a note in a Neume?
Edit Menu>Appearance>Gregorian :Merge Neume
How to add one semitone to selected
notes ? Include notes in the selection range then Edit
Menu>Shift>One semitone
up
How to
substract one semitone from selected notes ? Include notes in the
selection
range then Edit Menu>Shift>One semitone down
How to add octave to selected notes
? Include notes in the selection range then Edit Menu>Shift>One
octave
up
How to substract octave from selected
notes ? Include notes in the selection range then Edit
Menu>Shift>One octave
down
How to setup quantize ? Edit Menu>Quantize>Configure
How to quantize selected notes ?
Edit Menu>Quantize>Apply
How to add 'Swing' on selected notes
? Edit Menu>Quantize>Humanize/swing
How to erase 'Swing' on selected
notes ? Edit Menu>Quantize>Mechanize
How to tie selected notes with same
pitch ? Edit Menu>Actions>Tie
How to slur selected notes with
different pitches? Windows Menu>Miscellaneous tool>Slur
How to change selected notes velocities?
Edit Menu>Actions>Change velocity
How to
change selected notes duration ? Edit Menu>Actions>Change
duration
How to change selected notes pressure
time? Edit Menu>Actions>Change pressure time
How to change selected notes delays?
Edit Menu>Actions>Change note delays (see also 'Swing' and
'Mecanize')
How to apply mirror to selected
notes ? Edit Menu>Mirror
How to graphicaly merge two (or
more) selected staves ? Edit Menu>Multi-voices staves>Merge
How to graphically unmerge a staff
? Edit Menu>Multi-voices staves>Unmerge
How to add a locking point to a
digital audio track ? Edit Menu>Digital audio track>Add locking
point
How to erase all locking points
? Edit Menu>Digital audio track>Delete all locking points
How to import a digital file into
a digital track? Set location, Edit Menu>Digital audio
track>Import
How to record sound from the microphone
and insert it in a digital track? Select location, Edit Menu>Digital
audio
track>Start recording
How to
stop recording data ? Edit Menu>Digital audio track>Stop
recording
How to export a digital track in
MP3 (mono)? Select area on the track, Edit Menu>Digital audio
track>Export
selection>Mp3
How to export a digital track in
MP3 (stereo)? Select area (two tracks), Edit Menu>Digital audio
track>Export
selection>Mp3
How to export a digital track in
AIFF ? Select area, Edit Menu>Digital audio track>Export
selection>AIFF
How to export a digital track in
WAV ? Select area, Edit Menu>Digital audio track>Export
selection>WAV
How to edit a digital track? Select
area, Edit Menu>Digital audio track>Edit selection
How to soften the singer voice in
a stereo digital track ? Select the two tracks, Edit Menu>Digital
audio
track>Edit selection>Soften singer voice, delete the unused
track.
How to change the score key ? Score
Menu>Key&Time signature
How to
transpose my tune? Score Menu>Key&Time signature
How to change time signature of
my tune ? Score Menu>Key&Time signature
How to change general tempo ? Score
Menu> General tempo
How to make the score scroll while
playing ? Score Menu> Scroll tune
How to edit lyrics with a
text editor? Score Menu> Edit lyrics
How to edit lyrics related
to a staff ? Click on lyrics
How to sing while lyrics are scrolling?
Score Menu>Play Karaoke
How to add a staff ? Staff Menu>Add
staff
How to add an empty digital track?
Staff Menu>Add staff or Staff Menu>Change staff type>Digital
Track
How to delete empty staves? Staff
Menu >Delete empty staves
How to edit staves groups ?
Staff Menu >Staves group or click in the staff left margin.
How to
define the staves to be printed ? Staff Menu >Staves group,
activate/deactivate
the little printer icon.
How to import staves from another
music file? Staff Menu >Import staves
How to rename a staff ? Staff Menu
>Staff display mode
How to change the staff name style
? Staff Menu >Staff display mode
How to change the staff name printing
mode ? Staff Menu >Staff display mode
How to change default note color
for the staff ? Staff Menu >Staff display mode
How to activate the Gospel (Fasola)
mode? Staff Menu >Staff display mode>Note heads
How to activate the Aiken mode?
Staff Menu >Staff display mode>Note heads
How to activate the Swan mode? Staff
Menu >Staff display mode>Note heads
How to change bar number display
mode? Staff Menu >Bar number display
How to activate/deactivate chords
display mode? Staff Menu >Chord display mode
How to
change staff type? Staff Menu >Staff type
How to edit instrument related to
a staff? Staff Menu >Edit related instrument
How to compute stem directions according
to notes pitches? Staff Menu >Recalculate stem directions
How to associate a tablature to
staff? Staff Menu >Tablature
How to split a staff into two staves
? Staff Menu >Split staff
How to have more than one instruments
in a staff? Staff Menu >Edit rules
How to split a staff according to
rules? Staff Menu >Split staff according to rules
How to define rules? Staff Menu
>Edit rules
How to define the drum set of a
standard drum staff ? Staff Menu >Edit rules
How to apply a transposing instrument
to a staff ? Staff Menu >Apply transposing instrument
How to relate instruments to staves
? Instrument Menu>Relate Instruments-Staves
How to
delete unused instruments ? Instrument Menu>Delete unused
instruments
How to associate all instruments
to a MIDI device ? Instrument Menu>Relate output device>All+MIDI
How to delete a staff ? Windows
Menu>Edit tool>Delete or On score, click on the staff name with
the lightning
bolt tool
How to play the selection? Windows
Menu>Play tool>Play selection
How to use digital output for all
staves? Instrument Menu>Relate output device>All+Digital Output
How to set all instruments to user
mode? Instrument Menu>All instruments user
How to avoid a note insert to shift
all the music right ? Options Menu>Limit editing to one bar
How to set the note position to
is real time position ? Options Menu>Auto spacing on
How to allow the note fine position
? Options Menu>Auto spacing off
How to allow automatic beaming ?
Options Menu>Automatic beaming on
How to display/hide ruler ? Options
Menu>Display ruler
How to
change document background pattern ? Options Menu>Select document
pattern
How to reset document background
pattern to standard value? Options Menu>Set default background
How to edit the general setup ?
Configuration Menu>Global setup
How to change the rest vertical
position ? Double click on the rest and edit the vertical offset.
How to ear notes when inserted or
moved ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Edit
How to display the European notation
(Do,Ré...) ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Edit
How to increase the staff menu icons
size ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Edit
How to enable/disable the ghost
rests display ? Score Menu>Display Setup>General
How to enable/disable applying accidentals
to all octaves ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Appearance
How to enable/disable help window
? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Edit
How to enable/disable resizeable
bars ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Edit
How to
enable/disable multiple undo? Configuration Menu>Global
setup>Edit
How to enable/disable redo after
undo ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Edit
How to enable/disable brackets on
tuplets ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Edit
How to enable/disable music scrolling
while playing ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Play
How to enable/disable showing played
location in tune ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Play
How to change the played note color
? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Play
How to enable/disable document background
pattern ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Appearance
How to change document background
default pattern ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Appearance
How to change selection color on
document ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Appearance
How to change line thickness ? Configuration
Menu>Global setup>Appearance
How to change number of recent files
in "File" menu ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Load
How to
enable/disable automatic document loading? Configuration
Menu>Global
setup>Load
How to enable/disable automatic
document playing? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Load
How to enable/disable automatic
karaoke playing? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Load
How to automaticaly relate the instruments
to MIDI while loading a document? Configuration Menu>Global
setup>Load
How to enable/disable the alert
advising me the document was not saved from a long time?
Configuration
Menu>Global setup>Save
How to enable/disable file compression
? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Save
How to enable/disable file backup
copy? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Save
How to enable/disable page break
marker? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Print
How to automaticaly convert MIDI
pitch bend to effects ? Configuration Menu>Global
setup>MIDI
How to
automaticaly create standard drums staff when loading MIDI ?
Configuration
Menu>Global setup>MIDI
How to automaticaly create dynamics
when loading MIDI ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>MIDI
How to enable/disable quantize when
loading MIDI ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>MIDI
How to setup the quantize when loading
MIDI ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>MIDI
How to adjust drum channel number
when loading MIDI ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>MIDI
How to limit bar size when loading
MIDI ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>MIDI
How to export lyrics in MIDI1 and
MIDI0 file format ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>MIDI
How to increase speed of digital
track processing ? Configuration Menu>Global setup>Digital
How to customize fonts ? Configuration
Menu>Global setup>Fonts
How to create my own guitar chords
diagrams ? Configuration Menu>Edit chord diagram
How to create chords diagrams for
Banjo or other stringed instrument ? Configuration Menu>Edit
chord
diagram
How to
define keyboard shortcuts ? Configuration Menu>Edit keyboard
How to enter notes using my computer
keyboard ? Configuration Menu>Edit keyboard
How to setup Digital Output ?
Configuration Menu>Digital Output configuration
How to setup Digital Input ?
Configuration Menu>Digital Input configuration
How to setup MIDI ? Configuration
Menu>MIDI configuration;Configuration Menu>Hardware configuration
How to stop all MIDI notes ?
Configuration Menu>All MIDI notes off
How to change document scale for
editing ? Windows Menu>Zoom or Windows Menu>Editing tools
How to hide all palettes ?
Windows Menu>Palettes>Hide all palettes
How to show all palettes ?
Windows Menu>Palettes>Show all palettes
How to input MIDI while recording
digital track ? Windows Menu>Record tools
How to change default note head
? Windows Menu>Note display tools
How to
add a triplet ? Windows Menu>Note tools >Select 3:2
How to change triplet default value
(tuplet) ? Note tools >Double click on 3:2
How to add dynamics ? Windows
Menu>Dynamic tools
How to add neume ? Windows
Menu>Gregorian tools (only on Gregorian staff)
How to add break ? Windows
Menu>Break tools
How to repeat bars ? Windows
Menu>Break tools
How to define parts in my score
? Windows Menu>Break tools
How to change key signature ?
Windows Menu>Key& signatures tools
How to change time signature ?
Windows Menu>Key& signatures tools
How to change from C key to A key
? Windows Menu>Key& signatures tools
How to change time division ?
Windows Menu>Key& signatures tools
How to
change tempo ? Windows Menu>Ottava,Tempo&Pedals tools
How to add a pedal symbol ?
Windows Menu>Ottava,Tempo&Pedals tools
How to add an ottava symbol ?
Windows Menu>Ottava,Tempo&Pedals tools
How to add a text ? Windows
Menu>Miscellaneous tools
How to add a chord diagram ?
Windows Menu>Miscellaneous tools
How to add a slur ? Windows
Menu>Miscellaneous tools
How to add a PICT or BMP file to
my score ? Windows Menu>Miscellaneous tools
How to add an Effect processor
to my score ? Windows Menu>Miscellaneous tools, Effect
processor
How to add flanger, distortion,
chorus, wah, resonator, panning, delay, reverb ...? Windows
Menu>Miscellaneous
tools, Effect processor
How to adjust easily volume and
panning ? Windows Menu>Mixer>Complete
How to
open the mixer ? Windows Menu>Mixer>Complete
How to change the mixer background
pattern ? Windows Menu>Mixer>Change background pattern
How to reset mixer background pattern
to standard pattern ? Windows Menu>Mixer>Set standard
background
pattern
How to define my own tool palette
? Windows Menu>Custom tools>Activate then Command
(Ctrl)-click
on an icon and drag it on the window
How to delete tools from my custom
palette ? Command(Ctrl)-click on an icon and drag it
outside
the window
How to see the notes playing on
a keyboard ? Windows Menu>Midi keyboard
How to add effects to a note ?
Double-click on the note>Effects
How to grace notes to a note ?
Note Palette, select the little note and click on the note in the score
How to
change a note color ? Double-click on the note>General
How to change a note cautionary
accidental ? Double-click on the note>General
How to invert the note head ?
Double-click on the note>General
How to change the note shape ?
Double-click on the note>General
How to split the note in two notes
? Double-click on the note>General
How to edit graphically notes velocities?
Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Edit velocities
How to setup the tablature?
Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Edit tablature
How to change neck on a tablature?
Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Change neck
How to avoid the tablature computing
when a note is added ? Little black arrow at the left of the
staff>Priority
to tablature
How to avoid a staff playing
Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Staff active
How to
get a tablature for Harmonica ? Little black arrow at the left of
the staff>Edit Tablature>Harmonica
How to change dynamics to velocities
? Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Apply dynamics
to notes
velocities
How to change velocities to dynamics
? Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Compute dynamics
from
notes velocities
How to add lyrics to a staff ?
Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Staff with lyrics
How to avoid frame around lyrics
? Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Display frames
off
How to enable/disable the automatic
bar width while editing lyrics ? Little black arrow at the left
of
the staff>Compute lyrics bar width off
How to save lyrics on a text file
? Little black arrow at the left of the staff>Save lyrics text
How to change a bar width ?
Click in the ruler at the right of the bar and move the mouse
How to
change multiple bars widths ? Click in the ruler and extend the
selection
to select the bars, Click in the ruler at the right of the bar and move
the mouse
How to change the staff height ?
Click on the little horizontal red line at the left of the staff and
move
the mouse
How to change the staff position
in its area ? Click on the little red arrow and move the
mouse
How to change the beam vertical
position ? Click on it and drag
How to change general horizontal
scale ? Windows Menu>Edit tools
How to adjust reverb, AGC, volume,etc
for my whole score ? Windows Menu>Play tools, digital effects
setup
How to add a trill, comma, special
Guitar notation,etc to a note ? Double-click on the
note>Effects
How to change the effect position
on the score ? In "Select mode", click on it and drag
How to change a rest position on
the score ? In "Select mode", click on it and drag
How to change a note position
on the score ? In "Select mode", click on it and drag
How to
change an accidental position on the score ? In "Select
mode",
click on it and drag
How to change a note stem height
? In "Select mode", click on it and drag
How to change notes stems width
? Configuration>General configuration>Appearance
How to move graphicaly all the notes
of a chord ? In "Select mode", click on a note with "Alt" key
down
and drag
How to change note head direction?
Double-click on it with shift key down.

How to change the space between two
notes ? Disable 'Automatic spacing" click on the note with the
Alt
key pressed and drag it.
How to quickly erase a note or an
object ? While editing, press the Command (Ctrl) key
How to begin the tune to one selected
bar ? Command (Ctrl)-Click on the ruler>Set and reset play mark
How to set a page break after a
bar ? Command (Ctrl)-Click on the ruler>Printer page break after
this bar
How to quickly delete a bar ? Command
(Ctrl)-Click on the ruler>Delete bar
How to
quickly insert one bar ? Command (Ctrl)-Click on the ruler>Insert
bar
How to quickly insert a note in
a tablature ? Shift-Click on the string, select the case in the pop-up
menu
How to edit footer and header ?
File Menu>Print>Score>Options>Footer&Header
How to right align bars while printing
? File Menu>Print>Score>Options>Justify bars
How to change printing scale ? File
Menu>Print>Score>Options>Printing scales
How to set my printed document to
xxx pages ? File Menu>Print>Score, Set the total number of pages
to xxx
How to edit metronome ? Windows
Menu>Play tools, double-click on the metronome
How to automatically add accompaniements
to my tune? Use Harmony Assistant
How to automatically add rythms
to my tune? Use Harmony Assistant
How to edit chord grid? Use Harmony
Assistant
How to move a staff ? Click in the
left margin with Command key down and move the staff (This also work in
the staves group editing)
How to
select a font using the Windows standard dialog box (PC only) ? Click
on
the font name with right button down.
How to stop a Karaoke in the Jukebox
? Esc key or Command+'.'.
How to display the bar position
and the number of bars of my score ? While music is playing click on
the
display at the top left of the windows.
How to display the timer position
and the total time of my score ? While music is playing click on the
display
at the top left of the windows.
How to launch music while in a dialog
box ? Command(Ctrl)+M
How to stop music while in a dialog
box ? Command(Ctrl)+M
How to launch music while editing
lyrics ? Command(Ctrl)+M
How to stop music while editing
lyrics ? Command(Ctrl)+M
How to pause music while editing
lyrics ? Command(Ctrl)+P
How to
print multi-rests ? File Menu>Print>Score>Options
How to edit effect processor related
to an instrument ? Staff Menu>Edit Instrument>Effects
How to change the volume of all
the instruments ? Window Menu>Mixer>Complete, Shift+Click on the
volume
How to change the activity of all
the instruments ? Window Menu>Mixer>Complete, Shift+Click on the
button
How to change the staves order?
Staff Menu>Staves group>Command (Ctrl)+ click on the staff name
to move
it
How to activate only one staff for
printing? File Menu>Staves group>Command (Ctrl)+ click on the
staff name
to move it
How to make my computer sing lyrics?
Install Virtual Singer.
How to mask
or hide rests in a staff ? Staff display mode>Hide rests
How to change
direction for slur ? Edit>Actions>Slurs up or Slurs down
How to know
the sequence in which bars are played ? File>View document
Info>Breaks
chapter
How
to disable barline display on a staff ? Staff display mode> Free
notation
(no bar lines)
How to change
the size of extra lines when a note is outside the staff ? Staff
display mode> Staff lines>Extra lines size
How to display
an accidental between parenthesis ? Double-clic on note
head>Parenthesis
How to select
the default instrument to be used when loading an ABC file ?
Configuration>Global
setup>Load.
How to make
lyrics be repeated, create chorus ? Insert repeat start and repeat end
barlines. Double-click the repeat end to specify the number of tiles
the
part must be repeated.
How to insert
an incomplete bar (or anacrusis, upbeat bar, pickup notes) ? Edit
menu>Bars>Insert
incomplete bar
How to change
quickly the page mode display settings ? [Harmony only] Score
menu>Configure
page mode. Page mode is the exact display of what will be printed, so
it
also affects printing output.
How to delete
quickly a set of notes ? Using the delete tool (lightning bolt), click
ouside a symbol and extend the selection range over the part to be
deleted.
Whole selection range content is deleted.
How
to listen to a chord or to a part of the tune ? Using the hammer tool,
click ouside a symbol and extend the selection range over the part to
be
played. Whole selection range content is played.
How to apply
quickly a color, head shape, effect, duration, ... change to a set of
notes
? Using the injector tool, click ouside a symbol and extend the
selection
range over the part to be changed. Whole selection range content is
changed.
How to link
a character or a word to a given note ? Double-click the note, select
"Effects"
tab and create a free text effect. Edit it.
How to display
the staff abbreviated name instead of its complete name ?
Staff>Appearance.
Input the abbreviated name, it will be use from the second staff group.
How to change
musical symbol size without changing bar size ?
Staff>Appearance>Symbols
size
How to set
the same size to all bars ? [Harmony only] Score>Configure engraver
mode,
select "Uniform bars"
How to synchronize
an external Midi device with the Midi data sent by the program ? In
Midi
settings window, select "Advanced" and enable "Send MTC synchro" (MTC
means
MIDI Time Code)
How
to set up the automatic beaming mode ? Edit (or insert) a time
signature
change. Click the scissors to setup the size of beamed note groups.
How to transform a drum in chromatic drum ?
-Staff menu>Edit related instrument
-Activate "Drum"
-Select a sound in the list, for example "Low Conga"
-Activate "User-defined sound"
- In "Input note" field, enter "C4"
- Deactivate "Drum"
- Click "OK"
How to play some metronome bars before the music start? Global
setup> "Play" tab.